The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

I 've never been much of an athlete. You can ask any of my classmates. It took me seven years to beat the sit-up count I had in the first grade.

When I played tag, I frequently got told stuff like, "Emma, we both know you're never going to catch me." When we ran in PE and the teacher asked if someone would like to race me, somebody said, "Sure, I'll jog."

They weren't trying to be mean. It's just the truth.

I tell people that all my muscles are in my brain. This satisfies most folks, perhaps because my brain is a dark, twisty place and nobody's terribly keen on the notion of poking around i...